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European Union Value Added Tax (VAT)

DigitalOcean is required to charge VAT (value added taxes) on sales to non-business European Union customers. All VAT collected from customers in the European Union will be paid to the tax authority of the appropriate EU member state. Customers can access their VAT charges by visiting their Billing page and reviewing their monthly invoice. DigitalOcean is registered for EU VAT under the Electronically Supplied Services (ESS) simplified VAT registration regime.

If you are a registered business established inside of the EU, you may enter your VAT ID on your Billing page. The VAT ID field will appear once you have either added a credit card, or have added credit via Paypal to your account. Upon verifying your VAT number, VAT will not be applied to future monthly invoices. However, registered business may be required to manually account for this tax. If you do not see the VAT ID field on your billing page and you are an EU resident, please open up a support ticket, and we will help you right away.

Applicable VAT Rates

The following table lists the VAT rates as of January 1, 2015 that may be charged to European Union customers. Please note, prices listed on the DigitalOcean website exclude any applicable VAT charge.

Country

Value Added Tax (VAT) and Goods & Service Tax (GST)

Austria

20%

Belgium

21%

Bulgaria

20%

Croatia

25%

Cyprus

19%

Czech Republic

21%

Denmark

25%

Estonia

20%

Finland

24%

France & Monaco

20%

Germany

19%

Great Britain & Northern Ireland

20%

Greece

23%

Hungary

27%

Ireland (Eire)

23%

Italy

22%

Latvia

21%

Lithuania

21%

Luxembourg

17%

Malta

18%

Netherlands

21%

Poland

23%

Portugal

23%

Romania

20%

Slovakia

20%

Slovenia

22%

Spain

21%

Sweden

25%

Exclusions

The following (member) states or (independent) regions of member states are excluded from VAT charges.

Andorra

The Channel Islands(United Kingdom)

Gibraltar

Mount Athos

San Marino

Vatican City

Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands (Spain)

The communes of Livigno, Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano (Italy)

Büsingen and the Isle of Heligoland (Germany)

Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and French Guiana (France)